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Second of two parts Twenty years in nonprofit arts administration has put Kyle DeVaul in touch with artists, musicians, teachers, students and sponsors at theaters, universities and other settings throughout the upper eastern seaboard, most recently in Baltimore. In June, she was hired as director of the Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River, which she said she plans to make “the go-to arts organization of the Gorge.”

The Hood River Downtown Business Association and GorgeArts in association with local artists, performers and businesses celebrate the second anniversary of First Friday in Hood River on Friday.

Hood River’s downtown has become a showpiece in the past few years. Bronze salmon leap up the falls at the top of 2nd Street. Handsome, old-fashioned street lights illuminate the night and signs adorn historic buildings telling colorful stories of their past.